- What we have here is swinging from the ceiling a paraffin lamp, or perhaps I should say a kerosene lamp. Either way, we can agree to call it an oil lamp. Is that right?
- Yes, that's right.

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- Now look here, before we go any further, let's clearly understand what a miracle is.

- The way I look at it, a miracle is something contrary-wise to the course of nature, done by the power of will. If you like, something that couldn't happen without being especially willed.

- Well isn't it? What do you say, sir? Am I right?

- A miracle is something contrary-wise to the course of nature, done by the power of will.

- Well, yes, I suppose it is.

- Now you can't deny that.

- Well no, not so far as it goes.

- Very well. Now let's take a common instance.

- What we have here is swinging from the ceiling a paraffin lamp, or perhaps I should say a kerosene lamp. Either way, we can agree to call it an oil lamp. Is that right?

- Yes, that's right.

- Well, now let me show you what I mean by a miracle.

- That oil lamp, in the course of nature, couldn't turn upside down and keep on burning, could it?

- Oh, you say it couldn't.

- Well, could it? Never mind what I say, what do you say?

- Er, no, it couldn't.

- Of course it couldn't.

- If the lamp turned upside down, it would go out in the course of nature. Any oil lamp would.

- Very well then, here comes someone, as it might be me, and stands as it might be here, and says to that lamp, as I might do, collecting all my willpower: Lamp, turn upside down in mid-air without breaking and go on burning steady.

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) Sound Clip

Discover the power of miracles with quotes and sound bites from Alec Guinness' captivating performance in "The Man Who Could Work Miracles". A classic episode of Theatre Royal from 1954, based on the H.G. Wells novel.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Narrator / George Fotheringay)

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